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Cast
Calamity Jane – Jodie Prenger
Will Bill Hickok – Tom Lister
Danny Gilmartin – Alex Hammond
Katie Brown – Phoebe Street
Henry Miller – Anthony Dunn
Francis Fryer – Bobby Delaney
Show Date – Saturday 7th March (2:30pm)
Cast
P T Barnum – Brian Conley
Chairy Barnum – Linzi Hateley
Jenny Lind – Kimberly Blake
Tom Thumb – Mikey Jay-Heath
Joice Heath – Landi Oshinowo
Ringmaster – John Stacey
Show date – Saturday 28th February 2015
In 2014 I managed to go and see 15 musicals and plays on stage in both the North East (Sunderland Empire or Theatre Newcastle) as well as trips to London to see them in the West End. I also caught Monty Python and a concert of Elaine Paige. It has been an incredible year for going to see plenty of shows and live acting. I honestly didn’t realise I had seen so many until getting ready to do this blog post.
Along with seeing an absolute icon in Elaine Paige in her farewell concert, I also managed a last-minute trip to see the legend of Angela Lansbury on her return to the West End after 30 years in Blithe Spirit. But it doesn’t stop there, I got to meet one of my favourite actors Bill Nighy after the incredible Skylight and an added bonus of Carey Mulligan! What a day that was.
An incredible evening with the first lady of musical theatre as she takes a trip through some of the incredible shows she has been part of and belts out some incredible songs from these shows. With plenty of stories and laughs in between to really share in how much Elaine loves being on that stage. But not only that she can still totally own the stage. I am truly honoured and privileged to have seen the absolute legend live after years and years of wanting to do just that, we will never really say goodbye.
Cast
Elphaba – Kerry Ellis
Glinda – Savannah Stevenson
Fiyero – Justin Thomas
Madame Morrible – Sue Kelvin
The Wizard – Martyn Ellis
Nessarose – Katie Rowley Jones
Boq – Sam Lupton
Show date: Wednesday 1st October (Matinee performance)
Cast
Chris – Alistair Brammer
Kim – Julia Abueva
Engineer – Jon Jon Briones
John – Hugh Maynard
Ellen – Carolyn Maitland
Thuy – Kwang-Ho Hong
Gigi- Rachelle Ann Go
Show date – Monday 29th September 2014
Cast
Christina Bianco
Anna-Jane Casey
Damian Humbleby
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Rock of Ages is the 80s jukebox musical which is also absolutely hilarious from start to finish. With so many classic rock songs packed into the show it really is a fantastic experience. You will be stamping your foot, nodding your head and eventually getting up to dance and jump about.
Princeton is fresh out of college and new to Avenue Q. He decides that he must figure out his purpose in life, this is something the fellow residents of Avenue Q attempt to help him with …
The memory returned to the North East again, this time it has been in Newcastle at the Theatre Royal for two weeks and I caught the final performance on Saturday night. This is the second time I have seen this production after seeing it at the Sunderland Empire in May 2013. Most of the cast were the same and that is such a good thing, the only noticeable change for me was someone different taking on the very difficult role of the Rum Tum Tugger. This was a bit of a shame as the current actor taking on that part isn’t quite as good as the one who was in the tour back when I saw it last year.
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